and tonight's final senate debate in massachusetts was canceled after frst republicanrs scott brown and then democrat elizabeth warren pulled out because of the storm. but just outside the immediate zone of storm impact, voters co tinue to casttoballots. as sandy continued west and residual winds gusted to 60 miles an hour, voters were stil. lining up at the polls in central ohio. disaster disasters and unanticipated surprises can turn a campaign upside down, especially oneas close as this one. so, with seven days o go, we assess this parteular october surprise with jonathct allen, senior washington correspondent for politico. jonathan, let me name some examples for you. disasters which happened to fall into the middle a of politicf moments. katrina. the 2008 economic collapse. the aurora shootings earlier this year. the hurricane andrew in 1992. that fell in august. how easy is it for a candidate or a politician of any stripe to mishandle that kind of situation? >> i think we've seen in the past how easy it is mishandle and as a result we'e seeing a much better handling of it right now